Chapter 97 - Farewell... For Now (1/2)

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The next day, Crystal woke up early to fly to the Land of Love. She brought along a few chaperones with her. Callan took the same flight with her seeing he came over to fetch Crystal before going to the airport.

And so, we bid our farewell to Crystal. Saying our goodbyes to her felt heartbreaking even if she said they would only stay there for one to two weeks. Still, not having her around felt weird. We got used to being with her even if we were only together for more or less a month. Anyway, hopefully, she would remain safe and enjoy her trip.

Crystal's flight was around four in the morning. Though it was early and we still had time to sleep, Hora and I just busied ourselves with our own stuff. We couldn't get ourselves to sleep anymore. For me, I checked out a few chapters and wrote and re-read them, editing the manuscript along the way. For Hora, she caught up with the book she wanted to finish last week.

Later on, the sun came up and we prepared for school, ate breakfast, and took Kaiden's car to school as usual. The only thing that was unusual was Crystal's missing presence. She just left today and I'm already missing her so badly. Talk about separation anxiety. It wasn't just me though, Hora felt the same way.

While sighing to myself on the way to school, I thought of texting Crystal. Hopefully she could read it once their flight was over.

”Hi Crystal! How are you?” I typed in my phone. ”We miss you already. Is that weird? I hope you're doing fine. Keep safe, okay? We love you.”

Aaaand send.

Not even a few minutes passed and I started typing again.

”Crystal, you know, I just thought of something,” I typed in again. ”The three of us are like 3in1 coffee. Are you familiar with that? It's an instant coffee we had back in our country and it's pretty popular. You see, it tastes really great with all three main ingredients combined. Remove one and it doesn't taste the same. Ha-ha-ha! Ignore me. I'm just having separation issues right now. T_T”

I thought for a moment if I should send it or not, but then, Kaiden's sudden break made my finger tap on the send button. Oh well, at least it helped me decide.

”Sorry about that,” Kaiden apologized. ”This car in front of me sucks at driving.”

”It's alright. Just keep your distance from it if the driver is that bad. That's what dad always does if he's driving for us.”

”Yeah. I should do that,” he agreed. ”By the way, Senara. I have something to discuss with you later, after class.”

”Hm? Sure. What is it?”

Kaiden glanced at me. ”Ahh… I'll tell you later.”